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Updated: 1:04 PM EST Dec 3, 2018

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Fans of the Hershey, Pennsylvania, Bears hockey team broke a record Sunday. After the team slapped in their first goal, fans launched a deluge of stuffed bears - 34,789 of them to be precise.The new record smashes the total from last year, which was a little more than 25,000 bears.The number also breaks the World Teddy Bear Toss record, which had been set by the Calgary Hitmen in 2015. Fans at that game tossed around 29,000 bears onto the ice.Fans who participated in the toss said it felt good to know the event is all about giving back."It makes you feel great. It's for a good cause," said Bears fan William Koons. "(The teddy bears) are going to the kids in the hospital."The stuffed animals will be donated to about 30 local charities.

Fans of the Hershey, Pennsylvania, Bears hockey team broke a record Sunday.

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After the team slapped in their first goal, fans launched a deluge of stuffed bears - 34,789 of them to be precise.

The new record smashes the total from last year, which was a little more than 25,000 bears.

The number also breaks the World Teddy Bear Toss record, which had been set by the Calgary Hitmen in 2015. Fans at that game tossed around 29,000 bears onto the ice.

Fans who participated in the toss said it felt good to know the event is all about giving back.

"It makes you feel great. It's for a good cause," said Bears fan William Koons. "(The teddy bears) are going to the kids in the hospital."